Amano Kazumi (尼野和三) (artist 1927 – 2001)

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Biography:

Amano Kazumi (尼野和三) was born in Takaoka, Toyama prefecture in 1927. He first studied furniture design, graduated in 1945, but soon moved to woodblock prints. In 1952 he met Munakata Shikô, who influenced him in his early work. From 1953 he exhibited with the Nihon Hanga Kyôkai, of which society he was a member from 1962-66. He exhibited in many international print biennales, went to USA in 1971, where he taught at Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois, and in other places. In the same year he moved to NYC with his family and remained there the rest of his life.

The source of this information was Saru Gallery.

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His works may also be in the collections of the Oita Prefectural Museum and the Tokushima Modern Art Museum. At least five of his prints are in the collection of the National Museum of Modern Art in Tokyo.

John Fiorillo has written: "Amano won prizes at international print biennales in Lugano (1964), Tokyo (1966), and Krakow (1968). His works are represented in the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo; the Toyama Modern Art Museum, Japan; the Museum of Modern Art, NY; the Cincinnati Art Museum; the New York Public Library; the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; the Miami Museum; the Seattle Art Museum; the Stockholm National Museum; the Elvehjem Museum of Art, Madison, WI; and the Fine Arts Museums, San Francisco."